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USAID's Family Planning Guiding Principles and U.S. Legislative and Policy Requirements
URL: http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/global_health/pop/restrictions.html

Description:
This listing outlines U.S. legislation and policy concerning funding of family planning services in foreign countries, noting "[s]ince the enactment of legislation in 1973, recipients of U.S. family planning assistance have been legally prohibited from supporting abortion as a method of family planning using U.S. funds." Includes descriptions of the Helms, Leahy, Siljander, and Biden amendments, and the Mexico City Policy. Some material available in other languages, including Arabic. From the federal government agency USAID.

LII Topics: Abortion, Reproductive and Sexual Health, Social Issues

Publisher:
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)

Extra Keywords
Gag Rule Foreign Assistance Act of 1961

LII Database Information:
Record 27829 created by Jennifer English on 01/23/2009
Last modification on 01/26/2009
Published: 01/29/2009  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/27829

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